Klein v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Judge Craig,

In this appeal from the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal • Board by claimant Paul Klein, the central question is whether the referee’s denial of benefits, affirmed by the board, was based upon a capricious disregard of evidence by the referee, who concluded that the cause of the claimant’s mental disability arose, not from the claimant’s employment as chief *249executive officer of the financially distressed defendant Plaza Home'Center, Inc., but instead came from the threat of financial loss in connection with his ownership interest, if any, in the corporation.

Work-related…